Several federally marked vehicles, including three box trucks, were parked outside of the DETCOG main office, located at 210 Premiere Drive in Jasper, on Wednesday morning.

A handwritten sign taped to the main entrance of the DETCOG building indicated that the office would be closed until further notice, though sources indicate the proceedings should be complete by day's end.

"We had no prior indication of their [federal investigation agencies] interest, but DETCOG and its staff are giving their full cooperation in participating in the investigation," Mr. Diggles stated on Wednesday.

"DETCOG has complete annual audits by an outside accounting firm and our programs are under the continual scrutiny of their federal and state funding agencies".